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Preliminary Wanaka Community Board Election Result
Declaration of Preliminary Wanaka Community Board Election
Result
Friday 3 November 2017. For immediate release.
The Wanaka Community Board by-election to fill one vacancy closed at noon on Friday 3 November 2017. Jane Robertson, Electoral Officer for the Queenstown Lakes District Council can advise that the preliminary result of the election is as follows:
Wanaka Community Board
(one vacancy)
Votes received
BATTSON,
Jude
1,372
BRUCE, Barry
1,125
CUTLER,
Alan
494
INFORMAL
1
BLANK VOTING
PAPERS
12
Jude Battson is therefore declared to be elected.
The voter return is currently 35.62%, being 3,004 voting papers.
The final result will be available early next week. It will include a small number of special votes and 85 votes that were hand-delivered to the Wanaka Council office which are in transit to the processing centre.
Ms Battson will be sworn in as a member of the Wanaka Community Board at the next Board meeting to be held on Thursday 30 November 2017.
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